Illinoisan

[ il-uh-noi-uhnor, sometimes, -noi-zuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Illinoisan

/ ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪzɪən; ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪən; ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪən /

The bewildered Illinoisan betook himself at once to the President, and related the result of his conference.

What more natural than that in falling and being caught, she should have thrown her arms round the stout neck of the Illinoisan?

"I have forgotten it already, so far as repeating it to any mortal man is concerned," replied the Illinoisan.

The speaker was a Southern Illinoisan of twenty-five years ago, and his only auditor was a brother farmer.

The bewildered Illinoisan betook himself at once to the President and related the result of the conference.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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